Wear your rainbow colors as we hike up Goffstown's [near Manchester] South Uncanoonuc Peak! We will hike to the summit of South Uncanoonuc following a nature trail and descending a former cable cars path. The hike will be about 2.0 miles round trip with a vertical elevation gain of 660 feet. We will be starting from Uncanoonuc Lake.   There are views of Manchester and silhouettes of tall buildings in Boston from a nearby summit ledge.

To reach the South Peak trail, turn off NH 114 south about 0.5 miles east of Goffstown onto Wallace Road. You are still within the town's residential district. Just after the turn onto Wallace Road you will see a right fork. Don't take it. Bear left along Wallace Road and keep driving 1.4 miles. Turn right onto Mountain Base Road. This takes you ~ after 1 mile through a neighborhood of small houses and trailers ~ to the south side of Uncanoonuc Lake at a beach. The mountain rises to your left.

Watch for a nature trail sign on a tree directing you toward the trail, ahead along the road. Park near the sign. Don't drive further on this dirt road. We will be driving a blue Toyota FJ Cruiser at the parking lot.